Research Around the World

For this week’s blog assignment, I chose to investigate the Early Childhood Australia site. This site provided many useful articles such as The Inclusion of Children with a Disability in Childcare, The Early Years Learning Framework, Partnerships in Early Childhood, and Children’s Resilience. The one most interesting to me was Learning and Teaching Through Play since my research simulation is “Promoting Literacy through Play.” In the article Learning and Teaching through Play, much information was provided about how children learn through play. Play is something in which humans of all ages from diverse cultures engage, although the purpose for and the type of play may be different across ages and cultures (Kennedy & Barblett, 2010). Play is associated with the development of intellectual skills, understandings, creative skills, and social and emotional skills. When educators create safe, secure, and challenging environments that promote play, learning is achieved and maintained in early childhood educational settings. I was excited to find this information about learning through play on this website.